Shawn and Franz discuss David Graeber’s 2007 essay “The Shock of Victory”, which makes the provocative claim that “the biggest problem facing direct action movements is that we don’t know how to handle victory.”

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The essay: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-the-shock-of-victory
The Declaration of the Occupation of New York City: https://archive.org/details/DeclarationOfTheOccupationOfNewYorkCity

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